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Policy hub

Welfare, legal and public policy guidance in one place.

Use the Policies hub to distinguish between welfare decision policies, website legal policies and related APES public guidance before you rely on a route or process.

Welfare policies Legal website policies Public guidance
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Welfare policies

Policies that explain how APES approaches animal welfare decisions.

Adoption Policy

Review the public adoption conditions, good-faith information notes and adopter responsibility guidance.

Open Adoption Policy

Re-Homing Policy

Read the public re-homing safeguards, stray-hold expectations and welfare checks described by APES.

Open Re-Homing Policy

Euthanasia Policy

Read the welfare-threshold guidance published by APES for individual euthanasia decisions.

Open Euthanasia Policy

Legal and website policies

Policies that govern the public website and personal-data handling.

Privacy Policy

Read how APES describes collection, use and protection of personal information across connected websites and services.

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Terms of service

Read the legal terms that apply to use of APES websites, connected services, payments and external links.

Open Terms of service

Cookie guidance

Review the current public cookie guidance and browser-control notes published for APES websites.

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How to use this hub

Welfare policies explain APES animal-care and decision-making approaches. Legal website policies explain how the public websites work. Use the contact route if you need clarification on which policy applies to your situation.